Carline.



A. E. OSTRANDER.

OARLINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZQ, 1911.

Patented May 26, 1914.

( INVENTOR Guam W Y Plii wlinl 1||. |||LL ATTORNEY UNITED STATES r rnnr OFFICE.

ALLEN E. OSTRANDER, OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR-TO AMERICAN CAR- AND'.FOUNDRY CQMBANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION" OF NEW JERSEY.

CARLINE;

Specification ofi Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application filed June 29-,1-91-1. Serial No. 636,127.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALLEN E. Osi'nannnn, residing at Ridgewood, Bergen county, New

Jersey, andbeing a citizen of the Unit d States, have invented certain new anduse ul Improvements in C'arlines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

' understood that the invention is not, limited v skilled in the art.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view through the roof of a car showing the improved carline in position. Fig. 2 is plan View of the carline. Fig. 3 is an end View thereof. Fig. at is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view of the same. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, the section being taken on a line of 5.5 Fi 2. i

Ihe object of the invention is to provide a simple strong carline of pressed metal, which is adapted to be connected with the .side plates of a car by hangers, which are connected with the principal member of the carline, the principal member being formed of a single piece of pressed metal adapted t9 extend from side plate to side plate of the car, while the supplemental hanger pieces are brazed, or welded in position and-are adapted to pass over the car side plates and down on the outer sides thereof, so as to receive through bolts, which extend through the downw'ardly'extending flangesof the principal member and through downward extensions or flanges of the supplemental hanger pieces.

In car construction, itis preferable where relatively channel shaped'carlines are em ployed that the open'sides of the channels shall be at the top with the websthereof at the bottom. I-Ieretofore it has been impracticable to shape a carline from a single sheet of metal so that the carline could extend over the car side plates and'be secured to said side plates-and the roof of the car be secured in desired position without cutting the side plates, To avoid this diflicul'ty and to develop the full strength of the metal of the 'ca-rl'ine, is one of the objects of the present invention.

Referring to the parts; F indicates the side plates; H the roof generally'spealt-' ing-; G the ridge; I the purlins and B the body of the carline which is pro-- vided at each end with integral downwardly and outwardly extending flanges B and has connected with its end portions theihanger plates S. r I

As will be noted in the sectional view Fig. 5 the body of the ca-rl'ine is of channel shape with web portion 1 vertical flanges 2 and supplemental horizontal flanges 3, the open side of the channel being at the top. Connected with the flanges 3 as best shown in Fig. 4 arethe end hanger plates S which may be secured to the flanges 3 by rivets if desired, though I prefer to electrically weld these hanger pieces '8 as the .welding can be done while the-parts are held in position with the end flanges B and 4 at any predetermined dlstance apart so as to accommodate any required thickness of side plate. An added feature of advantage in having the hanger plates S, formed separately is that said plates may be shaped as desired to fit any contour of side plate, say-for example-ifZ shapes should be substituted for the side plates F shown in the drawing. As shown in the drawing, the body portion B of the carline is formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent into shape with the which pass through the legs 4 of the hanger plates S and through said flange B as' well as the side plates of the car. It will be noted that the flanges 3 are perforated for the reception of the bolt 6 which securesthe roof members to the carline.

Having described the invent-ion what 'I claim is In a carline, a pressed metal channel member formed from a single sheet and of greater depth at its middle portion than at its ends, said middle and end portions being horizontally disposed and having parallel upper and lower edges, and said channel having integral laterally and vertically extending flanges adapted, respectively, for

connection to car roof longitudinal members In witness whereof I have hereunto set my anguiide plates of a car, :and supperlnentfi hand in the presence of two witnesses.

an ar extens1ons secure to sm a'era v flanges, extending beyond the vertical ALLEN OSTRANDER' flanges and adapted to overlap said side Witnesses:

plates and extend downwardly on the outer FREDERICK H. GIBBS, sides thereof. H. N. HENNESBY.

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